Improvement in caps



A. MEYERING.

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No. 214,681. Patented April 22, 1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT MEYERING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IM PROVEM ENT IN CAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,681, dated April 22, 1879; application filed February 19, 1879.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT MEYERING, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gaps, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a cap containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof, partly in section. Fig. 3 shows the protector detached.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to that class of caps comprising a sliding band for protecting the ears and neck. Prior to my invention this protector has been joined with the crown at the back of the cap by means of a folding tape, and also by means of a folding apron, either device being attached to the crown and protector at its respective ends or edges. This tape and apron both answer the purpose intended, but at the same time they do not allow the protector to move or slide with the facility that may be desired, and in one case, moreover, considerable sewing is required to effect a proper connection of the parts.

The aim of my invention is, chiefly, to effect such a connection of the protector with the crown at the back of the cap that the same slides up and down with a maximum degree of freedom.

To this end I make use of a vertical slide and a guide for said slide, which are, respectively, attached to the protector and crown, so as to support the former and. regulate its positions. Either the guide or the slide is made detachable, in order to permit the protector to be removed from the crown.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the crown of my cap, and B is the sliding ear and neck protector. The protector B is composed of a band which is drawn around the crown A, and the ends of which are joined together at the front of the cap, where the protector rests upon a visor, C, attached to the crown. At the back of the cap the protector B is supported by means of a slide, D, and of a guide, E, for said slide.

. The slide D consists of a vertical rectilinear and which is attached at its opposite ends to the inner surface of the protector, while the guide E consists of a loop or eye fastened to the crown and embracing said bar, so that when the protector is moved up or down, the bar slides in the loop until its upper or lower fixed end is arrested by the loop, the upper and lower position of the protector being thereby regulated.

If desired, the location of the slide D and guide E may be reversedthat is to say, the bar composing the slide may be attached to the crown, and the loop composing the guide attached to the protector-in which case the loop constitutes the slide and said slide and guide, moreover, may be modified in their constructions.

One end of the bar D is hung in a hook, c, or like device fastened to the inner surface of the protector B, so that by disengaging the bar from said hook the protector can be removed from the crown. This purpose can also be effected by arranging the loop E to be detached.

It will be seen that by my invention a simple and firm connection of the protector B with the crown A is effected, and one which allows the protector to move with the greatest possible facility, another feature of the cap being that the crown can be used with or without the protector.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the crown A and sliding ear and neck protector B, of a rear support for the protector, consisting of a vertical slide and a guide for the slide, which are respectively attached to each of said parts, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the crown A and sliding ear and neck protector B, of a rear support for the protector, consisting of a vertical slide and a guide for said slide, which are respectively attached to each of said parts, and either or both are made detachable, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of February, 1879.

ALBERT MEYERING.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, CHAS. WAHLERS. 

